Table 14_1_6-3c

2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 14_1_6.3c
Children who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers always explained things clearly, by family income,^a United States, 2006
		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		77.7	1.0	76.5	1.9	73.7	1.8	78.8	1.5	79.5	1.8
Age	0–5	77.3	1.3	76.2	2.6	73.4	2.4	82.2	2.2	76.0	2.7
Age	6–17	77.9	1.1	76.8	2.1	73.9	2.1	77.1	1.7	81.5	2.0
Gender	Male	77.4	1.2	76.3	2.6	74.9	2.3	78.4	1.9	78.4	2.2
Gender	Female	78.0	1.0	76.8	2.1	72.4	2.1	79.3	1.6	80.6	1.9
Race	White, single race	77.5	1.1	74.3	2.2	73.1	2.2	79.1	1.6	79.6	2.0
	Black, single race	79.3	1.8	80.6	3.0	76.2	3.0	79.4	2.8	81.5	4.3
	Asian, single race	70.0	4.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	79.1	3.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	78.3	1.1	78.0	2.1	73.2	2.2	80.0	1.6	79.2	1.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	78.3	1.3	75.8	2.9	71.7	3.1	80.6	1.9	79.3	2.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	79.5	1.9	80.7	3.1	77.3	3.0	79.1	2.8	81.4	4.4
	Hispanic, all races	74.8	1.7	73.2	3.0	74.8	2.7	73.1	3.2	83.2	4.2
Health insurance	Any private	79.6	1.2	80.6	3.8	75.3	3.2	80.0	1.7	80.1	1.7
	Public only	75.2	1.4	76.3	2.1	74.3	1.8	74.6	3.1	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	66.7	4.2	66.8	7.5	57.9	7.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	78.2	1.1	75.9	2.2	73.2	2.0	79.0	1.6	81.3	1.9
	Large central metro	77.6	1.7	76.5	2.6	70.4	3.7	78.6	2.5	82.5	3.0
	Large fringe metro	81.6	2.1	79.5	5.2	83.6	3.1	83.1	2.6	80.6	3.2
	Medium metro	75.0	2.5	72.8	5.6	70.8	3.6	73.1	3.4	82.4	3.8
	Small metro	77.2	2.5	74.4	5.6	70.3	4.6	83.8	4.9	78.9	5.9
	Nonmetropolitan	74.8	2.2	79.1	3.0	75.9	3.6	78.3	3.6	61.5	5.4
	Micropolitan	75.9	2.7	76.6	4.1	75.4	5.1	80.9	4.5	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	72.5	4.0	83.7	4.7	DSU	DSU	74.3	6.6	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	78.5	1.0	77.7	2.0	74.3	2.0	80.1	1.5	79.4	1.9
Language spoken most often at home	Other	71.5	2.1	72.0	3.5	71.3	3.3	67.2	4.0	DSU	DSU
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	77.9	1.0	76.9	1.9	73.8	1.8	79.0	1.5	79.8	1.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	67.2	4.3	67.9	7.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
CSHCN	Yes	74.6	1.5	71.9	3.3	72.5	2.9	75.7	2.9	76.1	3.0
CSHCN	No	78.7	1.0	77.9	2.1	74.2	1.9	80.0	1.5	80.4	1.9

^a Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.

^b For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; CSHCN: children with special health care needs; SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 14_1_6-3c: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/14_patientcenteredness/T14_1_6-3c.html